AWARe® is an Internet‐based database designed to capture clinical and humanistic outcomes from diabetes practice settings around the world. The main goal of AWARe® is to better understand how patients with type 2 diabetes respond to different treatments in a naturalistic environment. OBJECTIVE: To describe an innovative method of collecting clinical, humanistic and economic outcomes of patients with type 2 diabetes in a “real world” practice setting. METHODS: The data collection methods involve the electronic linkage of clinical information and humanistic outcomes of patients with type 2 diabetes. Patients at least 18 years of age who are maintained on oral antidiabetic therapy are eligible to participate in AWARe®. As providers enter patients' clinical information into the patient's electronic medical record, the data elements of interest are automatically transmitted to a secure Internet site (Pharmacon EB‐HealthTM) where the data are stored and continuously updated. Data collected in AWARe® include: demographic information, prescription use, HbA1c, fasting plasma glucose, total cholesterol, triglycerides, LDL, HDL, blood pressure, liver function tests, the SF‐36, and the Diabetes and Treatment Satisfaction Questionnaire (DTSQ). Every six months, participants use hand‐held devices to complete the electronic versions of the SF‐36 and the DTSQ. The results from these surveys are instantaneously transmitted via wireless technology to EB‐HealthTM. CONCLUSION: AWARe® permits immediate retrieval of clinical and humanistic information from an Internet‐based registry. Information on the patient's clinical progress may be continuously transmitted to EB‐HealthTM, allowing researchers, clinicians and administrators to perform “real time” analyses of the clinical effectiveness of antidiabetic therapy, as well as to determine its impact on patients' quality of life and satisfaction with treatment. As AWARe® is expanded to sites around the US and throughout the world, it will provide valuable information on the impact of the different treatments for type 2 diabetes on patients' clinical, humanistic and economic outcomes.

Technology application and internet services are prominent developments in the field of global educational systems. These developments have imposed a change in the role and responsibilities of faculty members and the need to possess technical competencies. Faculty members must apply modern learning theories and organize their learning and evaluation plans based on interactive electronic resources. This study first aimed to suggest a standard of technical teaching competencies for faculty members in physical education under the standards of the International Society for Technology in Education for Teachers (NETS-T). Second, our purpose was to identify the degree to which faculty possess these competencies. The main study involved 812 participants. The exploratory study survey sample consisted of 200 faculty members. The data collection tool consisted of a questionnaire in the form of an opinion poll that included 90 items representing the proposed educational technology competencies within 20 fields representing 5 standards defined by the International Society for Technology in Education for Teachers (ISTE) (NETS-T), 2008. The data collection tool (questionnaire) was evaluated by experts. The exploratory and basic study were carried out using an electronic copy of the questionnaire prepared on Google Forms, and the participation link was sent via emails.